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Commonwealth v. Franklin
*DECEMBER TERM, 1804. Commonwealth v. Franklin et al. Certiorari. A certiorari issued to remove an indictment from a court of quarter sessions of &e., to the circuit court, was directed to the judges of the court of common pleas of &c., and
Walker v. Smith
Walker et al. v. Smith. Factor. — Damages. One who accepts a consignment, is liable in damages for a breach of instructions, though his services' were rendered gratuitously. Where there is a legal measure of damages, the jury are bound by i
Hurst's Case
*OCTOBER TERM, 1804. Present — Washington, Justice, and Peters, District Judge. Hurst’s Case. Privilege of suitor. A citizen of another state, who, when in attendance on court as a suitor, has been subpoenaed aa a witness in another case, i
Duncanson v. McLure
Duncanson v. McLure. Title to vessel. — Illegal conta/rct. An agreement for the sale of a ship, at a future day, the purchase-money being secured, is an immediate transfer of the title. Murgatroyd v. Crawford, 3 Dall. 491, overruled. One wh
Rundle v. Murgatroyd's assignees
*Rundle v. Murgatroyd’s assignees. Bctnkrwptey. Under the bankrupt law of 1800, a mortgage given by an insolvent, to secure a legacy bequeathed to his wife, which he had received and used in his business, is void, as against the assignee, t
Commonwealth v. Matlack
*SEPTEMBER TERM, 1804. Commonwealth v. Matlack. Defalcation. In an action at the suit of the commonwealth, the defendant cannot have a certificate of a balance in his favor. The defendant had been clerk of the Senate ; and in that character
Willing v. United States
Willing et al., Plaintiffs in error, v. United States. Shipping. — Registry.—American character. The sate of part of a vessel, by parol, whilst at sea, to an .American citizen, and a resale to the vendor, on her arrival in port, and before
United States v. Passmore
*APRIL TERM, 1804. Present — Washington, Justice, and Peters, District Judge. United States v. Thomas Passmore. Rerjwry. — Repeal of statute. Perjury, under the bankrupt law of 1800, was not indictable, under the act of 80th April 1790, § 1
Ogden v. Blackledge
*Ogden, administrator of Cornell, v. Blackledge, executor of Salter. Gonstitmbional law. — Decla/ratory act. — Statute of l/vmitaúons. The 9th section of the act of assembly of North Carolina, passed in 1716, which directs that unless the c
Mason v. The Ship Blaireau
*The Blaireau. William Mason and others, libellants, v. The Ship Blaireau. Salvage. — Deviation.—Jurisdiction. One-third part of the gross value of the ship and cargo allowed for salvage, and one-third of the salvage decreed to the owners o
Church v. Hubbart
*Church v. Hubbart. Mearme mswram.ee. — Illioit trade. — Foreign laws. If it be inserted in a policy, that “ the insurers are not liable for seizure by the Portuguese for illicit trade,” and the vessel be seized and condemned for an attempt
Blakeney v. Evans
Blakeney v. Evans. Assumpsit for work
Commonwealth v. Lyon
Commonwealth v. Lyon. Certiora/ri. A certiorari to remove an indictment from a court of quarter sessions to a circuit court will be granted, on an application by the defendant, supported by his affidavit in the usual form, unless something
Deshler v. Beery
Deshler v. Beery. Warner of dower. Testator, iidet alia, bequeathed to bis widow 10001, and appointed her and two others executors; before his death, he had sold and conveyed certain premises, taking bonds and a mortgage from the purchaser
Maybin v. Coulon
*MARCH TERM, 1804. Maybin, surviving partner, &c., v. Coulon. Coulon v. Maybin, surviving partner, &c. Illegal eontraet. An action cannot be maintained in our courts, founded on a contract between a citizen and an alien, by which the former
Dunlop & Co. v. Ball
*Dunlop & Co. v. Ball. Presumption of payment. To raise a presumption of payment, from the age of a bond, twenty years must have elapsed exclusive of the period of the plaintiff’s disability. ■Legal impediments to the recovery of British de
Little v. Barreme
The Flying Fish. Little et al. v. Barreme et al. Responsibility of na/oal officer for illegal seizure. — Probable cause. The commander of a ship of war of the United States, in obeying his instructions from the President of the United State
Head & Amory v. Providence Insurance
Head & Amory v. The Providence Insurance Co. Marine insurance. — Powers of corporations. 1£ the insured make a proposition to the underwriters, to cancel the policy, which proposition is rejected; and the underwriters afterwards assent to t
Murray v. The Schooner Charming Betsy
The Charming Betsy. Alexander Murray, Esq., v. The Schooner Charming Betsy. Marine trespass. — Probable oause. — Damages.—-Expai/rialion.—Armed vessel. An American vessel, sold in a Danish island, to a person who was born in the United Stat
Pennington v. Coxe
Pennington v. Coxe. Internal taxes. Sugar refined, but not sold and sent out of the manufactory, before the 1st of July 1802, is not liable to any duty, upon being sent out after that day. Coxe v. Pennington, 1 W. C. C. 65, reversed. This w
Faw v. Marsteller
Faw v. Marsteller. Depreciation. In a deed, made in the year 1779, of land, rendering an annual rent of 26?. current money of “Virginia for ever, the rents are not to be reduced by the scale of depreciation, but the actual annual value of t
Capron v. Van Noorden
Capron v. Van Noorden. Absence of jurisdiction. A plaintiff may assign for error, the want of jurisdiction in that court to which he has chosen to resort. A party may take advantage of an error in his favor, if it be an error of the court.
Ogle v. Lee
Ogle v. Lee. O&rtifieate of division. — Error to final judgment. If a question upon which the judges below differ in opinion be certified to this court, and here decided, the parties are not precluded from a writ of error on the final judgm
Wood v. Wagnon
Wood v. Wagnon. Averments to confer jurisdiction. The courts of the United States have not jurisdiction in cases between citizens of the United States, unless the record expressly states them to be citizens of different states. Error from t
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